Headpiece for telephones



March 18 1924.

A. MON TAN HEADPIECE FOR TELEPHONES Filed May 27. 1922 Patented Mar. 18, 1924.

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ADOLPH MONTAN, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO EASTERN TOOL & IJIANUFACTURING COMPANY, 015 BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

EEADPIECE FOR TELEPHONES.

Application filed May 27, 1922.

To all "whom it may concern Be it known that I, AnoLrrr MONTAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of West Orange, county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l-leadpieces for Telephones, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved head set for telephones, and comprises a light and economically manufactured device in which the receivers of the telephone are held securely in position, but which can, when desired, be easily regulated so that the height can be varied to suit different conformations or sizes of the heads of the users.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a form of my improved head piece for telephones. Figure 2is an enlarged vertical section through one of the receiver-holding elements, and Figure 3 is a face view of the lower part of the device with the knob at the top of a stem thereof shown in section and removed therefrom.

The overhead support can be of any usual form, but is preferably made of thin metallic strips 10 which are joined at their ends 11, and at their ends are provided with the clips 12, each of these clips being preferably made from a single sheet of metal forming a back 13 bent to form a projecting bottom flange 14 and at the top into a closed loop 15. Rivets 16 are used to not only connect the ends of the strips 10, but also to pass through and fasten the backs 13 of the clips.

The clamp for holding the receivers consists of a single piece of wire bent to form arms 17 which have the inwardly turned ends 18 which are customary in telephone receiver sets, and which enter into small perforations in the side of the receiver 19. These arms, where they converge, are secured together by solder or by any other suitable I means, and I show in the drawing a band 20 which encircles the wires, and, being soldered thereto, holds them securely together.

The wire that forms the two arms then extends in the form of two strands 21 to form a stem, which stem projects through the perforation 23 in the loop 15 and the perforation 24 in the flange 14 and slides therein, being frictionallyengaged by the end 25 of the Serial No. 564,017.

open loop 15, which, in normal position, is slightly within the position it is in when it engages the stem, so that it exerts a lateral pressure against the stem and binds it against the edges of the perforations 23 and 24.

A suitable knob 26 for easy manipulation can be secured at the top to the stem, and in the form shown the return bend 27 of the wires 21 is threaded, and the knob 26 has the threaded opening 28 that can be screwed on the end 27. The bottom flange 14 of the clip extends beyond the loop a material distance so that it can be used as a projecting finger-piece against which the thumb or finger can bear, as will beseen from Figure 2, so that onehand can be used for pressing the stem up or down.

The illustration in Figure 2 shows, in dotted outline, a hand employed in pushing the stem down, and if it is to be pushed up the finger can engage the flange 14 and the thumb used under the loop or arch 29 of the arms 17, or underneath the receiver itself,

and by squeezing them together the stem can be raised.

I claim:

1. A head piece for telephones comprising an overhead support, a clip secured to the end of the support, said clip being formed from a single sheet of metal bent to form a bottom flange and an overhead loop, both perforated, and a stem passing through the perforations, the end of the loop being disposed so as to engage the side of the stem to hold it by friction against the edge of the perforations.

2. A head piece for telephones comprising an. overhead support, a clip on the end of the support, the clip being formed from a single strip of metal bent into a bottom flange to project to form a finger-piece and at the top into an open loop with an inwardly turned end, the flange and loop having aligned perforations, and a clamp formed of wire, the clamp having'divergent arms and the wire arms extending to form 'a stem sliding in the perforations and bearing on the end of theat the top into an open loop with an inwardly turned end, the flange and loop having aligned perforations, a clamp formed of wire, the clamp havingdivergent arms and the Wire arms extending to form a stem sliding in the perforations and bearing on the end of'the loop, the Wires being threaded at ADOLPH MONTAN. 

